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' ATENT FFICE.

LOUIS W. OTT, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BEDSTEAD-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,006, dated November 30, 1880, Application filed March 2, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS IN. O'rr, of Indianapolis, Marion county, State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Bedstead- Lounge, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved bed-lounge which is simple'iip construction, effective, and convenient in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved lounge, showing the same open. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing it closed. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation on the line a: 00, Fig. 1, showing the same open. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional elevation on the line 3 y, Fig. 2, showing the lounge closed; and Fig. 5 is a detail view ofthe leg of the lounge-seat.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The seat-frame A of the lounge is hinged to the front piece, B, of said lounge by means of the hinges O O or some other suitable device in such a manner as to rotate on the front edge of the front piece, B.

The seat-frame A is provided with one or two arm-rests, D, upon which the frame rests when open. If only one arm-rest is used the other end of said frame is supported by aleg, E, pivoted to the outside of the inner longitudinal side F of the seat-frame A, andis provided with a flange, G, at the upper end, which flange can catch undera stud, H, on the backrest I of the lounge.

A frame, J, is hinged to the front edge of the lower side of the seat-frame A in such a manner that the frame J can rotate on the front edge of the lower side of the seat-frame A.

The ends of the frame J are provided with pins K, passing into the slotted springs L L,

. provided with the shoulders M and pivoted near the bottom of the inner side of the end pieces, N N, of the lounge.

The adjoining sides of the seat-frame A and the frame J are not provided with vertical end pieces as are the other sides of said frames, so as to permit the frames to form one large unbroken surface to receive a mattress.

The operation is as follows: The lounge is ordinarily in the position shown in Fig. 4, the frame J resting on the bottom slats, P P, of the lounge, and the seat-frame A restingupon it. of the leg E, which catches under the stud H, the leg E being in a horizontal position and resting in the recess between the back-rest I and the rear side of the seat-frame A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The slotted springs L L rest in a horizontal position.

If the lounge is to be used as a bed the leg E is first rotated upward and toward the opposite end of the lounge, so as to disengage the flange G from the stud H, and then the seatframe A is rotated in the direction of the arrow at until it is in a horizontal position and to the outside of the lounge and rests on the leg E and the arm-rest D, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

By rotating the seat-frame A the frame J has been raised from the slats P P into a position on a level with the opened seat-frame A, one end being hinged to the seat-frame Aand the other resting on the shoulders M M of the slotted springs L, which have been raised from a horizontal to avertical or almost vertical position, rotating on the pins by which they are pivoted to the ends N N of the lounge.

As the adjoining ends of the seat-frame A and the frame J do not have any upright pieces, as above stated, no ridge is formed at the line-of contact, and one large mattress can be placed over the two frames and can be folded with them.

If the bed is to be folded the springs L L are pressed against the ends N N of the lounge, so as to permit the frame J to clear the shoulders M M while being lowered. As the frame J is hinged to the front edge of a seat-frame and hinged to the front, 13, it has two motions, one being the reciprocation given it by the motions of the seat-frame and the other the circular motion on its own hinges. The front end, therefore, requires something to guide and hold it in position. This is accom- The seat-frame is locked by the flange Gr.

plished by the slotted pivoted springs L, in 5 whose slots slide the headed pins or studs on frame J. The seat-frameAis then rotated in the reverse direction of the arrow to, thereby causing the frame J to rest against the bottom slats, P, and the slotted springs L L to lie IOO down. As soon as the frames A and J are in the position shown in Fig. 4 the leg E is turned outward and downward, thereby locking the seat-frame in the desired position.

It is evident that the frame J must be narrower than the frame of the lounge, and the height of the seat-frame A and the frame J together must not exceed the height of the frame or front piece, B, of the lounge.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the seat-frame A and the back-rest I, of the stud H and the leg E, provided with a flange, G, substantially as :5 herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame J and the lounge ends N N, of the pivoted slotted springs L L, provided with a shoulder, M, and 20 of the pins K K, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

LOUIS W. OTT.

Witnesses:

JOHN KING, JOSEPH KOENIG. 

